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Cookbook edition! Every week, I receive an armful of cookbooks to review from publishers. Here are my favorites. Asian Tofu – Another winner from Andrea Nguyen! An absolute must for any tofu lover. Even learn how to make it from home. Delish Cooking School – This book is a full-color encyclopedia of cooking with step by step photos on …

It’s a sale!! We’re having a major sale at the Steamy Kitchen Store – if you’ve got your eye on some kitchen products, come on over and have a little shopping spree! Hurry, the offer expires in a couple of days! My friends over at Cooking.com run the entire store operation for Steamy Kitchen – from customer service to billing …

Wow. After a year of developing recipes, testing, writing, styling and photographing, we’re ready for recipe testing! A couple of years ago, when I asked for help from readers to test recipes from my first book, I think close to 175 people responded enthusiastically and participated — just simply amazing! This time, instead of 175 testers, I think we’ll go …

A couple of years ago, I met up with buds David Lebovitz, Elise Bauer, Matt Armendariz & Adam in NYC….I can’t exactly remember why we were there….but I do remember the Korean fried chicken, donuts and shopping at Fishs Eddy. Fishs Eddy is paradise for inexpensive dinnerware and glassware, i.e. a candystore for food bloggers. By the way, window prop-shopping with Matt & …

Petite Treat Stands Ball Mason Jar Votive Lantern–Made to Order Blanco Solon Compost System Bacon Hearts for Valentine’s Day Egg Candles Beautiful Handmade Cutting Boards Wellies on the Rocks Easy diy garage storage for all kinds of gear. A Fast Way to Bake a Cookie: Use a Waffle Iron!

My head is still spinning from the past few days – we just finished a whirlwind session of photography for my next book (another easy Asian cookbook). This time, instead of doing it all by myself, I enlisted the help of Todd, Diane and Jenna to protect my sanity. Originally, I had planned on having T&D style and shoot the book …

It’s been over a year since the we three piggy, party-throwin’, spooning, street gals have been together in the same city. So finally, after months and months of coordinating, we bought our tickets, corralled the family and headed to Oklahoma. When Ree sent over driving directions to the ranch, it was like 2 pages long. She’s written about her house being in …

I’ve been scouring the online stores for winter clothes and the shipping boxes by the front door is piling high crazy fast. Another two boxes just came in and the now it seems that the game of Jenga is quite the theme of the month. The boxes have remained unopened, because thick, heavy winter clothes take up so much space that …

Wow. Just after typing the post title, “Singing with Jewel and David Tutera”, I had to re-read and say, “REALLY!? Did this really happen!?” PINCH PINCH PINCH!!!! Well, technically yes, I really did share a song with them. However, we were singing in squeaky, nasal, high-pitched voices like elves, wore gyrating elf hats and danced like fools. Well, David and …

I remember hosting my very first sleepover – I was 8 years old and my best friend, Christy who lived around the corner. We’d sneak flashlights under the sleeping bags and talk all night about Barbie dolls and roller skating. In jr. high, my girlfriends and I would lip sync and dance to Lucky Star, She-bop and Girls Just Wanna …